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What's the lightest 5" quad you have ever built?
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This is my lightest build so far Smile 212g AUW without battery.
 
  • DemonRC Fury Lite 5"
  • Holybro Kakute F4 V2 + Tekko32 4in1 ESC
  • Returner R4 2205 2700KV
  • Runcam Micro Swift + TX200 VTX
  • DAL T5051C props

The Fury frame isn't the most user friendly to work with, took me 5 hours to build this, much harder than it looks Smile
Currently writing a build log, i will explain the difficulties and detail later this week.

Maiden flight this weekend Smile 
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#2
Amazing build that thing is going to feel so good!! what size battery will you run?

Would still be lighter than mine at 248g if i put the same r4 motors instead of my r5 2207s
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#3
Nice build. Ultra-light might be a good next build.

Hate to bust your balls, but AUW has to include lipo. Good job though.
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(01-Feb-2018, 05:09 PM)ZERONEST Wrote: Amazing build that thing is going to feel so good!! what size battery will you run?

Would still be lighter than mine at 248g if i put the same r4 motors instead of my r5 2207s

1300mah 4S ? Smile I also got some 1000mah to see how much difference there is.

(01-Feb-2018, 06:39 PM)voodoo614 Wrote: Nice build. Ultra-light might be a good next build.

Hate to bust your balls, but AUW has to include lipo. Good job though.

LOL

I think weight without battery is more useful Smile I might be pairing batteries of different capacity or brands which will change the weight a lot.
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(01-Feb-2018, 07:04 PM)Oscar Wrote: I think weight without battery is more useful Smile I might be pairing batteries of different capacity or brands which will change the weight a lot.

Then call it "dry weight" and not "all up weight"!

The term AUW includes the battery.
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(01-Feb-2018, 07:04 PM)Oscar Wrote: 1300mah 4S ? Smile I also got some 1000mah to see how much difference there is.

I think a 1000mah will be just the bare minimum to supply enough amps for 2700kv and would be super floaty and agile but 1300mah probably would be the sweet spot 

(01-Feb-2018, 07:10 PM)unseen Wrote: Then call it "dry weight" and not "all up weight"!

The term AUW includes the battery.

True! we all knew what weights he meant where lol
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#7
Personally I like dry weight also.

You have inspired me. I went ahead a bought a ultralight frame. Will be using 20mm stack. 14xx or 15xx motors with light 5" props.
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(01-Feb-2018, 07:10 PM)unseen Wrote: Then call it "dry weight" and not "all up weight"!

The term AUW includes the battery.

(01-Feb-2018, 09:31 PM)voodoo614 Wrote: Personally I like dry weight also.

You have inspired me. I went ahead a bought a ultralight frame. Will be using 20mm stack. 14xx or 15xx motors with light 5" props.

thanks guys for the correction Smile English is not my first language, I don't even consider it my second language Big Grin But hey, i try to learn and improve every day Smile
Dry weight it is then Smile
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From editing your blog Oscar, I can honestly say I have seen a great improvement in your English, between your early blog posts and more recent articles, great job!

I understand and speak a bit of Afrikaans, since it's very similar to the German I learned in school, but I still wouldn't call it a 2nd language, and I'm pretty sure that I speak more 'foreign' than the majority of Native English speakers! I actually speak better Afrikaans than quite a few of the English South Africans I meet too! (South Africa is still quite divided.) Zulu (or any of the other 13 official tribal languages that are spoken here) however, is a completely different story. There is no similarity with the Latin and Germanic standards I'm familiar with, which form the base of languages all across Europe.
The direct translation from Zulu to English of "See you in the morning" is "Hello tomorrow." It's a funny place, this!
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#10
My lightest build so far: 169g dry weight with 2204/2700kV motors, HGLRC F428 Stack, Runcam Micro, Frsky XSR-M (will be replaced with a R-XSR: -1,6g ) receiver.
Easily my fastest quad, beats even my 5,5" stretched racer with the Monster AmaxInno 2306 motors.
Long flight times too; 8-12 minutes hovering with 1300mah/65C Graphene; more with a lighter battery;
3-4min VERY spirited flying on a 1000mAh 65C Graphene.

And it flies with a 32g 450mAh 3S nanotech battery; so 200g AUW is possible, a bit fun even.. Smile

P.S. A friend of mine even build a 150g dry-weight 5" racer also with 2204 motors (180x and smaller does not count for a 5" in my book, sorry... Tongue) ) with a customer sandwich (Foam between top- and bottom carbon layer); that should be the technical limit right now - save for gluing instead of screwing your motors...


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That is about half the weight of mine.  I bet it is fast.  Mine are all around 400g dry weight but are all built for freestyle and not racing.
I'd rather be flying!
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#12
My lightest build hasn't started yet, but I was lucky enough to be one of 30 to get a prototype of the ******** V3 frame. Shhhh, it's a secret......
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(21-Mar-2018, 03:22 PM)RENOV8R Wrote: My lightest build hasn't started yet, but I was lucky enough to be one of 30 to get a prototype of the ******** V3 frame.  Shhhh, it's a secret......

I'll be spilling popcorn all over these aisles...
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#14
Will be ripping mine apart again:
A friend of mine had some sandwich frames done: High density foam between two layers of 0,5mm high quality carbon:
Frame weight 5" around 14g - so 150g 5" racer with real 220x motors is possible;
Ultralight 5" racers with 140x or 180x motors don't count in my opinion: Everybody can build a 5" quad with 2" or 3" components - I would call that Ultraweak not Ultralight  Tongue (Don't quote me on this, please... Smile )
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(28-Mar-2018, 08:12 AM)Jens Arne Petry Wrote: Will be ripping mine apart again:
A friend of mine had some sandwich frames done: High density foam between two layers of 0,5mm high quality carbon:
Frame weight 5" around 14g - so 150g 5" racer with real 220x motors is possible;
Ultralight 5" racers with 140x or 180x motors don't count in my opinion: Everybody can build a 5" quad with 2" or 3" components - I would call that Ultraweak not Ultralight  Tongue  (Don't quote me on this, please... Smile )

Yea i agree, 14XX and 18XX motors don't have the torque to run 5" props... they do fine on straight lines and do give you the top speed... but when it comes to cornering they are very sluggish due to the slow changing of RPM.
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